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Halloween Solar Storm Nearing Heliopause

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ridin'-the-storm-out dept.

PipianJ writes "Various sources are reporting that NASA has been tracking the Halloween solar storms of last year as they head towards the end of the solar system and the beginning of interstellar space, the heliopause, in the near future. In related news, scientists now believe that it was solar storms that ripped water from Mars, causing it to be the dry barren wasteland it is today."

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  1. I am going to get slapped for this one but by mpost4 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where hydrogen is built into helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not
    A place where we could live
    But here on Earth there'd be no life
    Without the light it gives

    We need its light
    We need its heat
    We need its energy
    Without the sun, without a doubt
    There'd be no you and me

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where hydrogen is built into helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot

    It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.

    The sun is large

    If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.

    The sun is far away

    About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.

    And even when it's out of sight
    The sun shines night and day

    The sun gives heat
    The sun gives light
    The sunlight that we see
    The sunlight comes from our own sun's
    Atomic energy

    Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium.

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where hydrogen is built into helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees


    Thanks "They might be giants" that was fun
  2. Obligatory TMBG by WormholeFiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot, the sun is not
    A place where we could live
    But here on Earth there'd be no life
    Without the light it gives

    We need its light, we need its heat
    The sun light that we seek
    The sun light comes from our own sun's
    Atomic energy

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot...

    The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
    Aluminum, Copper, Iron, and many others

    The sun is large...

    If the sun were hollow, a million Earth's would fit inside
    And yet, it is only a middle size star

    The sun is far away...

    About 93,000,000 miles away
    And that's why it looks so small

    But even when it's out of sight
    The sun shines night and day

    We need its heat, we need its light
    The sun light that we seek
    The sun light comes from our own sun's
    Atomic energy

    Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom smashing machine
    The heat and light of the sun are caused by nuclear reactions between
    Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Helium

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

  3. Re:Solar Storms Destroyed Mars? by Dwonis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Being a non-USian, I'm curious: didn't the Democrats also vote to invade Iraq?